ACCOLADES

ELLINWOOD - Lyles Lashley, Ellinwood High School's head cross country coach, was named Class 2A's Coach of the Year by the Kansas Cross Country and Track & Field Coaches' Association.

Great Bend finishes in fourth place in standings at Douglass Invitational

DOUGLASS - One-hundred-twelve points was good for fourth place for Great Bend High School on Saturday at the Douglass Invitational.

Cardinals claim Keady Basketball Classic title

LARNED - The Hoisington High School boys' basketball team didn't seal the deal until the final seconds of the championship game of the Keady Basketball Classic on Saturday night.

Hoisington girls win Keady Basketball Classic championship

LARNED - The Hoisington High School girls' basketball team cruised to a 52-37 win over Spearville in the championship game of the Keady Basketball Classic on Saturday night in Larned.

GBHS places fourth

EL DORADO - The Great Bend High School swim team finished in fourth place at the El Dorado swim meet on Friday night.

Lady Cardinals jump ahead in first half to beat Otis-Bison

LARNED - The Hoisington High School girls' basketball team beat Otis-Bison 40-30 in a semifinal game of the Keady Basketball Classic on Friday night.

Hoisington boys beat Larned in foul-filled game

LARNED - The Hoisington High School boys' basketball team earned a win against host Larned in the semifinal game at the Keady Basketball Classic 68-35.

Otis-Bison’s Tammen ties classic record in girls’ fourth-place game

LARNED - The Otis-Bison High School girls' basketball team fell to Kinsley to finish in fourth place at the Keady Basketball Classic on Saturday.

Pratt girls slip past Great Bend in late going

PRATT - Whitney Tilley hit a go-ahead basket in the lane with 10.4 seconds left in regulation, lifting Pratt High School to a 33-32 victory over Great Bend on Friday night.

PRATFALLS

PRATT - The gym rat was the difference Friday night when Pratt High School entertained Great Bend in non-conference boys' basketball action.

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Sometimes wrestlers have to bump up or down a weight class, necessitated to benefit the team in dual or tournament competition.

Macksville falls to Sacred Heart

LARNED - The Macksville High School girls' basketball team struggled in the first game of the consolation bracket of the Keady Basketball Classic on Thursday.

Cardinals ease past Ellsworth in dual

ELLSWORTH - The Hoisington High School wrestling team blew away a young Ellsworth team 61-9 in a dual on Thursday night.

Area high school basketball box scores

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL At Amos Morris/ George Stevens Classic In Lincoln GIRLS Tuesday Central Plains 63, Plainville 38 CENTRAL PLAINS (2-0) Hekele 4 0-0 8, B. Holmes 2 1-2 5, Hipp 2 2-3 6, Rugan 6 0-1 12, OBerle 0 0-2 0, Lewis 1 0-0 2, Burton 1 3-6 5, Hitschmann 8 1-2 17, Woodmansee 3 0-0 6, A. Holmes 1 0-0 2. Totals 28 7-16 63. PLAINVILLE Frederking 1 0-0 2, Friend ...

St. John girls beat Sedgwick

St. John 51, Sedgwick 22 INMAN - The St. John High School girls' basketball team won its first game of the McDonald Classic on Tuesday night. The Lady Tigers (2-0) were led by Teresa Wade, who scored 16 points. Alexis Witt finished with 10 points. St. John faces Inman on the road on Thursday night, and then closes classic play with a game against Hutchinson Trinity in Sedgwick.

Simoneau bringing college, NFL experience to Shrine Bowl combine

Kansas high school football players who have dreams of continuing their gridiron careers at the next level can find a resource in a former Sunflower State star who has excelled at every level of the game - high school, college and the National Football League.

Herrman to take bowling talents to Newman University

Bowling at the collegiate level has been the plan for 2013 Great Bend High School graduate Danny Herrman for a while.

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